Pot support for use on canned fuel



Nov. 23, 1943. w. E. NEHRICH 2,335,020

POT SUPPORT FOR USE ON CANNED FUEL Filed llay 9, 1942 Arramvgxs.

Patented Nov. 23, 1943 POT surromn FORUSE N CANNED FUE Walter E. Nehrich, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Hotel Research Laboratories, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application May 9, 1942, Serial No. 442,392

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a pot-support and wind-break adapted to rest on the top of a can of solid-alcohol or similar canned fuel.

The general object of the invention is to provide a simple structure which can be cheaply manufactured and, for convenience in shipping and storage, can be disassembled and arranged in a substantially flat condition either with or Without a snuffer useful with it. The device is adapted to rest on the top of a can of solidalcohol or other fuel, and the pot to be heated is supported by the device which also serves as a wind-break. No other support is necessary for the pot or pan to be heated; and no support for the can of fuel is necessary, other than perhaps a plate to protect the surface of the table upon which the can rests.

The invention will be understood from the following description of the preferred embodiment thereof, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 shows the potsupport and wind-break in perspective in its assembled condition; Figs. 2 and 3 are elevations of the two sheet-metal members comprising the device; and Fig. 4 shows a form of snuffer which is useful with the device.

Referring to the drawing, the pot-support and wind-break is shown as comprising two similar sheet metal members 5 and 6 adapted to be assembled in cruciform arrangement as shown in Fig. 1. As will be apparent from Figs. 2 and 3, each of said sheet metal members 5 and 6 is cutaway at one edge to provide pairs of shoulders I, 8, 9 and I0 adapted to engage the tops of the cylindrical walls of cans of various diameters. It will be noted that the cut-away portions of the members 5 and 6 extend inwardly beyond the shoulders Ill to the edge ll, thereby providing a snuffer-receiving space above a small can cooperating with the shoulders I0, as well as above a larger can cooperating with the shoulders I, 8 or 9. A snuffer, adapted to be used with the device, is shown in Fig. 4 as having a wide end [3 adapted to cooperate with cans of larger diameters, and a narrow end 14 adapted to cooperate with cans of smaller diameters. It will, of course, be understood that the snuffer is used to extinguish the flame by covering the opening in the top of the can of fuel, excluding air from the fuel. The construction of the device provides a space between the top of the can and the bottom of the support, adequate to receive a snuffer' of appropriate size, regardless of the size of the fuel can.

As shown in Fig. 2, the member 5 is provided with a slot IS on each side of which ar ears l6 and I1 bent out from the body of the member 5; and as shown in Fig. 3, the top of the member 6 is provided with a slot l8. It will be understood that the slots l5 and I8 permit assembly of the members 5 and 6 in cruciform arrangement as shown in Fig. 1; and that the bent-out ears l6 and i1 serve to retain the members 5 and 6 at right angles to one another. As the widths of the slots l5 and 18 are only slightly greater than the thicknesses of the members 5 and 6, friction between the members 5 and 6 is sufiicient to retain them assembled as shown in Fig. 1.

Thus, there is provided a pot-support and wind-break and a snuffer which maybe shipped and stored in substantially flat condition. Yet the two members forming the pot-support may be easily assembled and mounted on a can of solid-alcohol or other fuel. When in use, the sheet metal members 5 and 6 not only serve to support a pot or pan to be heated, but also act as a wind-break which sufficiently protects the solid-alcohol flame from drafts which might otherwise tend to extinguish it or blow it away from proper engagement with the bottom of the pot or pan to be heated.

It is to be understood that the invention is not to be limited to the details shown and described but may be carried out in other ways within the purview of the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A pot-support and wind-break adapted to rest on the top of a can of solid-alcohol or other fuel, comprising two sheet-metal members each having a slot therein permitting securing of said members to one another in cruciform arrangement with each member in the slot in the other member, one of said members being provided with bent-out ears alined with the edges of the slot in said member, and each of said members being cut-away at one edge to provide a pair of shoulders adapted to engage the top of the cylindrical wall of the can and further cut away at that edge between the shoulders to provide a snuffer-receiving space above the edge of the can.

2. A pot-support and wind-break adapted to rest on the top of a can of solid-alcohol or other fuel, comprising two sheet metal members each having a slot therein permitting securing of said members to one another in cruciform arrangement with each member in the slot in the other member, one of said member being provided with bent-out ears alined with the edges of the slot in said member, and each of said members ciform arrangement with each member in the slot in the other member, each of saidlm mbers, being cut away at its bottom edge to provide a plurality of pairs of shoulders adapted to engage the top edges of the cylindrical walls of cans of difierent diameters and also being cut away at said bottom edge to provide above all of said shoulders a snufier-receiving space above the top edge of the can, said sheet-metal member which is provided with a slot opening into its cut-away portion being provided with bent out ears alined with the edges of said; slot and adjacent the cut away portion in said member whereby said sheetmetal members are retained substantially at right angles to one another when secured to- WALTER E. NEHRICH. 

